December 2024 Concert: “A December Day”
“Fantasia on Greensleeves” by Ralph Vaughan Williams, with Erin Dubois (flute) and Adelyn Nelson (piano)
Liturgical Music from the Renaissance
“Alma Redemptoris Mater” and “Sicut Cervis” by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
“Verbum Caro Factum Est” by Hans Leo Hassler
Carols of the Season
“I Saw a Maiden”, arr. Edgar Pettiman
“In Dulci Jubilo”, arr. R.L. Pearsall
“Infant Holy”, arr. David Willcocks, sung by the Sweetgrass Quartet
“Christmas Night”, arr. John Rutter
“A Merry Christmas”, arr. Arthur Warrell
PMAC Sandpipers Youth Chorus
“Resilience” by Abbie Betinis
“Come Sing a Song” by Jerry Estes
“Where the Owl Lives” (World Premiere) by Gregory Brown, poetry by Mimi White
With Erin Dubois (flute) and Adelyn Nelson (piano)
“Peace, Peace” by Sylvia and Rick Powell, arr. Fred Bock
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Spring 2024 Concert: “American Landscapes”
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December 2023 Concert: “The Ballad of the Brown King” by Margaret Bonds
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Spring 2023 Concert: “The Creation” by Franz Josef Haydn
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Enjoy our Winter 2022 Concert
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Carol of the Bells – Leontovich/arr.Wilhousky |
Cantata #140 “Wachet auf (Sleepers, wake!) – J.S. Bach | Chamber Ensemble: Rock of Ages fantasias – arr. Michael Hopkins Christmas Oratorio – Arcangelo Corelli ) (Concerto grosso Op. 6 – mvts. 3,4, and 5) |
  
 Enjoy our Spring 2022 Concert The Wound in the Water.
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| Wellerman, Rolling Down to Old Maui, Bound to the Wave | I’Se the B’y, Let the River Run | ||||||
| Portsmouth Pro Musica String Orchestra: From the Planets (Gustav Holst) Mercury, Venus, and Jupiter | The Wound in the Water (Kim Andre Arnesen) Brigette Dumont, soprano | ||||||
| Prayer for Ukraine Friday, March 18, 2022, Christ Church, Exeter NH | |||||||
The World Beloved – A Bluegrass Mass
The World Beloved – A Bluegrass Mass by Carol Barnett, accompanied by a five-piece bluegrass band (fiddle, mandolin, guitar, string bass, and banjo) of local musicians. This innovative piece blends the solemnity of the classical-based Mass with modern choral sophistication and insightful poetry. The Mass premiered in 2007 and has been performed over 60 times […]
A German Requiem – Brahms (2018)
Brahms, A German Requiem (1868) – One of the most beloved choral masterpieces performed 150 years after its premiere. PPM Chorus and orchestra with soloists Paul Max Tipton, bass-baritone and Erin Smith, soprano
Selections from the Portsmouth Womens Chorus
Portsmouth Womens Chorus featuring selections from 1998-2005 Songs of Joy – Celebrating 20 years. April 2005 View the whole PWC concert. American Music and Movement – April 2004 PWC Tour – England 1998
Elijah – April 2014
Portsmouth Pro Musica performs Felix Mendelssohn’s Elijah: An Oratorio [April, 2014] Priscilla Stevens French, Artistic Director Robert Littlefield, Accompanist Bradford Gleim, as “Elijah” Katy Fickenwirth as “The Widow” Marya Danihel, as “The Angel” Richard Longley as “Ahab & Odadiah” Evie Houston as “The Youth”
Direct links to PPM Youtube channel
MASTERWORKS
- BRAHMS: “A German Requiem”
- BERNSTEIN: “Chichester Psalms”
- MENDELSSOHN: “Elijah”
- BARNETT: “The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass “
ALSO….
- 2015 TOUR REPERTOIRE
- December 2014 – Bach, “Wachet auf ” from Cantata #140
- December 2016 – Poulenc, “Gloria”
- April 2009 – Purcell, “Dido and Aeneas”
- April 2017 – Beethoven, 9th Symphony “IV. Finale”, with Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra